STOKE

Taxi driver Waqas Ahmad punched a pensioner who complained about his cab blocking the pavement in a restricted parking zone during the school run.

The 31-year-old dad-of-four was collecting one of his children from school when a 72-year-old man raised objections about his parking.

But instead of apologising and driving off, the defendant told the man to ‘**** off’, and hit him once, leaving him with a fractured eye socket and other facial broken bones.

Now Ahmed has been jailed for 12 months at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court.

Prosecutor Richard McConaghy said the defendant parked on Martindale Close, off Sandon Road, Meir, when he went to collect one of his children on April 29.

Mr McConaghy said: “There have been ongoing problems with cars blocking the road for residents and there are parking restrictions at school start and end times.

“A 72-year-old resident was walking on the pavement. The defendant was a taxi driver and had parked his taxi half on the pavement and half on the road, making it hard for him to get past.

“The defendant was putting one of the children in the back of his taxi when the man approached him and told him he could not park there during restricted hours of 2pm to 4pm

Taxi driver Waqas Ahmad punched a pensioner who complained about his cab blocking the pavement in a restricted parking zone during the school run.

The 31-year-old dad-of-four was collecting one of his children from school when a 72-year-old man raised objections about his parking.

But instead of apologising and driving off, the defendant told the man to ‘**** off’, and hit him once, leaving him with a fractured eye socket and other facial broken bones.

Now Ahmed has been jailed for 12 months at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court.

Prosecutor Richard McConaghy said the defendant parked on Martindale Close, off Sandon Road, Meir, when he went to collect one of his children on April 29.

Mr McConaghy said: “There have been ongoing problems with cars blocking the road for residents and there are parking restrictions at school start and end times.

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